Improvement in machines for separating hooks and eyes



M. FOWLER. MACHINE FOR SEPARATING HOOKS AND EYES. No. 45,238.

Patented Nov. 29, 1864.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MALTBY FOWLER, OF NORTHFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT .IN. MACHINES FOR SEPARATING HOOKS AND EYES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,238, dated November29, 1864.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, MALTBY FOWLER, of Northford, in the county of NewHaven and Stateot' Connec icut, have invented a new and Improved Machinefor Separating Hooks and Eyes and other Articles after being Plated; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 is sidesectional view of my invention, taken in the line as m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2is a plan or top view of the same, partly in section.

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to prevent the articles being soldered together by the plating as thelatter cools.

-Hooks and eyes and various other small articles are plated by simplyputting the composition whiehforms the plating or coating in a vesselwith the articles,the former when fused adhering to the articles andcovering the same. It is necessary therefor to separate the articlesafter being plated or coated before the latter become cool, in order 'toprevent the articles being soldered together by the plating or coating.To eflect this I place a cylinder armed with radial teeth or bars withina case or box and below a hopper, into which the plated articles arepoured from the vessel in which they were plated or coated, the articlespassing from the hopper and coming in contact with the arms or bars ofthe cylinder, which latter has a rapid rotary or vibrating motion givenit to cause the articles to be violently thrown against the sides of thebox or case and separated as they fall through the box or case.

A represents a box or case, in which a horizontal cylinder, B, isplaced, said cylinder being provided with radial flat teeth or arms a,placed in longitudinal rows, the teeth of one row being opposite thespaces between the teeth of the adjoining rows. (See Fig. 2.) On the boxor case A, and directly over the cylinder B, there is placeda-.hopper,0, into which the plated or coated articles are poureddirectly from the vessel in which they were coated'or plated. .Thecylinder B has a rapid rotary motion given it, and the teeth or arms astrike the articles and throw them violently against the sides of thebox or case A, which causes them to separate one from the other, andthey pass down through the case or box A into a water-box, D, preparedto receive them.

I prefer to have the'cylinder B rotated rapidly in one direction, but itmay be a vibratory motion-that is 'to say, turned a part of a revolutionin one direction and then in the otherand instead of the teeth a,continuous strips may be used, extending the whole length of cylinder B.The same result would be attained in either case.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination,as above described, in a machine for separating hooks and eyes andsimilar metallic articles, consisting of a hopper,-(l, a cylinder, B,with heaters a,- rotating in a case, A, with a discharging-hopper, and abox containing water, in which the articles are received.

MALTBY FOWLER. Witnesses:

JAS. P. HALL, WM. F. MONAMARA.

